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A Balasaur Score of 73 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.5/10, Rotten Tomatoes 75%, Metacritic 68/100. Every source lands within 7 points of the others. Scores higher than 77% of the 1,345 1980s drama movies in this catalog. It runs long at 2h 31m. Streaming on Peacock and Tubi.
Synopsis
Stingo, a young writer, moves to Brooklyn in 1947 to begin work on his first novel. As he becomes friendly with Sophie and her lover Nathan, he learns that she is a Holocaust survivor. Flashbacks reveal her harrowing story, from pre-war prosperity to Auschwitz. In the present, Sophie and Nathan's relationship increasingly unravels as Stingo grows closer to Sophie and Nathan's fragile mental state becomes ever more apparent.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes75%
Metacritic68/100
965 audience votes
Key crew
- Alan J. PakulaDirector
- Alan J. PakulaScreenplay
- Marvin HamlischOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Meryl StreepZofia "Sophie" Zawistowski
- Kevin KlineNathan Landau
- Peter MacNicolStingo
- Rita KarinYetta
- Stephen D. NewmanLarry
- Greta TurkenLeslie Lapidus
- Josh MostelMorris Fink
- Marcell RosenblattAstrid Weinstein
- Moishe RosenfeldMoishe Rosenblum
- Robin BartlettLillian Grossman
- Eugene LipinskiPolish Professor
- John RothmanLibrarian
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